
Selecting this option creates a service definition file that will have to be configured to work with a server connection at the time of publishing. If you are currently disconnected from the server or do not have access to a server connection, you can configure your service definition with no available connection to ArcGIS Server. If you are disconnected from the server or have limited access Keep in mind that using this method creates a snapshot of your GIS resource and data at the time the service definition file is created, not published. When you publish, the service and its associated data are uploaded to the server. All of the data referenced by your GIS resource is encapsulated into the service definition file.

Keep in mind that using this method creates a snapshot of your GIS resource at the time the service definition file is published, not created. A separate copy is not maintained on the server. When you publish, the service will continue to reference the original data included in your GIS resource.
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Data registration provides the server knowledge about the location of your data and helps it understand how to adjust data paths when publishing across machines.

Selecting this option creates a service definition file that your server administrator can immediately publish to ArcGIS Server. If you or your server administrator have already configured a server connection to use when publishing to ArcGIS Server, you can select this connection when creating the service definition file.

If you have already configured a server connection
